Janelle Monáe Shows Off Pubic Hair in New "PYNK" Music Video

On Monday, Janelle Monáe pretty much set the Internet ablaze with the music video for "PYNK," a single off her upcoming album, Dirty Computer, which will be released April 27. “PYNK is a brash celebration of creation. self love. sexuality. and pussy power!” the YouTube video description originally read, as reported by Pitchfork. The singer made the message of anthem even clearer with the video itself: It features Monáe and her dancers in pink, ruffled, vagina-connoting pants, underwear emblazoned with phrases including "I grab back" and "Sex cells," and even pubic hair. That's right: At one point in the video, the camera zooms in for a tight shot of what appears to be Monáe’s pubes spilling out of her tighty whities. Whether or not the hair is Monáe’s own, it's a powerful visual.

Women have long faced societal pressure to remove body hair, whether it's on their legs, underarms, or pubic regions. In recent years, however, the societal tide has been turning, with more women basing their grooming decisions simply on what makes them feel good. If they want to remove it? Great. If they don’t, that's great too — body autonomy applies to hair as much as anything else.

While we're seeing lots of instances of women rocking underarm and leg hair, though, acceptance of pubic hair — especially publicly visible pubic hair — definitely lags behind. This makes it that much more important to see it represented in various mediums, from the NYFW runway to music videos such as Monáe’s. Her inclusion of female pubic hair in her latest work is a refreshing nod to the freedom all women should have when it comes to their hair down there, and we are so here for it.